How to stop USB HDD from spinnin down - Vista

ubern00b · 4 Oct 2008 at 20:57

As title really. I have a usb hdd that when I access it it takes a little while to spin up before I can use it. I have gone into power settings and changed the usb setting in there to disabled but it didnt make a difference. Any ideas?

muon · 4 Oct 2008 at 20:59

The USB hard drive probably has a power saving feature built in and hence nothing you change in the OS will stop that.

ubern00b · 4 Oct 2008 at 21:07

Balls. Its a Sharkoon QuickPort Enclosure with a Seagate HDD in it. Must be built into the QuickPort then I guess.

muon · 4 Oct 2008 at 21:18

ubern00b said:
Balls. Its a Sharkoon QuickPort Enclosure with a Seagate HDD in it. Must be built into the QuickPort then I guess.

Might want to check documentation if it does. Its usually a feature manufacturers advertise.

helmutcheese · 4 Oct 2008 at 21:50

ubern00b · 6 Oct 2008 at 12:15

Thank you helmutcheese. Both of those options are set. It must be a feature of the usb dock I'm using, as ghost101 suggested.

helmutcheese · 6 Oct 2008 at 13:13

ubern00b said:
Thank you helmutcheese. Both of those options are set. It must be a feature of the usb dock I'm using, as ghost101 suggested.